It is this inaugural selection of works for the Sir William Debell Foundation collection of younger artists or, in some cases, artists who are young in spirit. It has been made over several years by Mrs Thelma Clune, indefatigable in her eighty-sixth year and blessed with an eye experienced in years of art-watching and, moreover, that has never become jaded or fixed on a particular period or approach. Distinctive as they are, these artists have much in common: remarkable is their overall control of the painting or sculpture; they move through imaginary space as though it were their natural habitat and even if there is evidence of care, there is no sign of crippling caution and if there is intelligent calculation, it is not based on formulae. All that niggling and irrelevant elaboration that is, or was, so common has been routed.
Artists
Greg Barlow
Michael Barnett
Stuart Bennett
Rob Jnr, Campbell
Gary Carsley
Jacqueline Field
Pasqual Giardino
Geoff Harvey
Cecilia Heffer
Frank Japanangka
Michael Kempson
David Larwill
Sally Morgan
Robert J. Morris
Elizabeth Newman
Susan Prior
Andrew Purvis
Christine Ross
Ross Watson
Suzanne Archer
Peter Baka
Rod Bamford
Mick Ward
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Curated by Thelma Clune
Organised by Ivan Dougherty Gallery and Sir William Dobell Foundation
Images:
1. Robert Campbell Jnr, installation view, 'Young Artists: Sir William Dobell Foundation Collection', Ivan Dougherty gallery, Sydney, 1987.
2. David Larwill (1956–2011), Beast Master No.2, collection: Sir William Dobell Art Foundation. Installation view, 'Young Artists: Sir William Dobell Foundation Collection', Ivan Dougherty gallery, Sydney, 1987.
3. Sally Morgan, untitled. Installation view, 'Young Artists: Sir William Dobell Foundation Collection', Ivan Dougherty gallery, Sydney, 1987.